Every owner or occupant of any place or lot, and every agent of any building or lot, in the city shall keep the sidewalk in front of or bordering on such lot in good condition and repair, and the nails and spikes driven down, and shall keep the same free from all dirt, filth and obstruction.
(1958 code § 6.52.080)
The city may permit any person to place and keep any kind of building material in any of the streets in the city for a period not to exceed three months, but such permit shall not authorize the obstruction of any part of the sidewalks or gutter or any crosswalks, nor more than one-third of the carriageway opposite the lot or place where such building is proposed to be erected or repaired.
(1958 code § 6.52.020)
Any person to whom such permission is given as aforesaid shall cause all building material and rubbish arising therefrom to be removed from the street as soon as the building is completed, and shall leave the street in as good a condition as when first occupied for such purpose.
(1958 code § 6.52.030)
No person shall place, or cause to be placed, or allow to remain on any sidewalk in the city any goods, wares or merchandise; except as provided for as follows:
A. 
Merchants may move goods, wares or merchandise over and across the sidewalk for the purpose of loading and unloading the same, provided the goods, wares or merchandise do not remain on the sidewalk for more than one hour; and
B. 
Any merchant operating a store for the sale of goods, wares or merchandise may occupy a space on the sidewalk not exceeding one-third the width of the sidewalk and leaving at least a four-foot width of sidewalk for public use; provided, that any such use:
1. 
Does not detract from the general character of the immediate surrounding area; and
2. 
Is not reasonably objected to by any business or resident in the immediate surrounding area; and
C. 
Newspaper vending machines may be placed immediately adjacent to buildings in the business district of the city, provided the owner of such machine has received the written permission of the owner or occupant of such building for the placement of the newspaper vending machine.
(Ord. 1644, 2001; 1958 code § 6.52.040)
No person shall place any advertising matter on the sidewalk or street in front of any building, except that each owner or occupant of a building may place a bicycle rack in the street immediately adjacent to the sidewalk in front of the building; provided, that such bicycle rack shall be neatly designed and painted and shall not exceed three and one-third feet in width and four feet in height, and shall be constructed in such a manner that it may be easily moved.
(1958 code § 6.52.050)
No person or occupant of any premises shall place any post or posts or signboards or other advertising matter on or in the sidewalk in front of their premises, excepting that each owner or occupant of a building may fasten a neatly painted or engraved sign to their respective building, which sign shall be at least eight feet above the sidewalk and shall not extend over the sidewalk a distance of more than three feet; except that each owner or occupant of a building may maintain electric signs over the sidewalk, provided the same are eight feet above the sidewalk, and suspended from the building and illuminated during the nighttime so as to light the streets and sidewalks in the vicinity of the sign.
(1958 code § 6.52.060)
If any owner or occupant of any building has or places any sign or other advertising matter upon or over the sidewalk, other than as provided in this chapter, it shall be the duty of the street superintendent or chief of police to notify the person owning such sign to remove the same; and in case the owner or occupant neglects, fails or refuses for a period of 24 hours after such notice to remove the same, then the street superintendent or chief of police shall remove or cause the same to be removed at the cost and expense of the party maintaining the same.
(1958 code § 6.52.070)
Any person violating any of the provisions of this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be fined not less than $1.00 and not more than $50.00, plus the costs of prosecution.
(Ord. 1360, 1982; 1958 code § 6.52.090)